Court of Appeals of Texas February 4, 1931, No. 8531. (Van De Putte v. Cameron County Water Control & Improvement Dist. No. 7)

COBBS, J.

Appellant sued appellee to recover damages for the alleged wrongful and unlawful taking of two acres of plaintiff’s land, appropriated by the defendant for the use and benefit of defendant without compensation to plaintiff and without condemnation proceedings, said two acres of land being used by defendant for the construction of an irrigation canal and drainage ditch across plaintiff’s